Job summary
This role is only open to applicants that currently work within an NHS Trust within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System (HIOW ICS).
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Acute Care Collaborative have come together as part of the Integrated Care Board (ICB) as an Acute Provider Collaborative (APC) to invest in Electronic Patient Record (EPR) functionality. This is to meet the needs of our whole ICS population, recognising that the organisation of clinical care needs to change and develop radically in order to meet the challenges we face.
A Project Support Officer is required to support the Programme Management Team. The post holder will provide all aspects of project support and make a significant contribution to the smooth running of the Programme.
Main duties of the job
About us
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Tackling Climate Change:Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, searchHHFT Climate Actionor contactclimateaction@hhft.nhs.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details including main responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details including main responsibilities.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent specialist knowledge and experience
- Knowledge in project management or QI
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, employment or voluntary work
Desirable
- Recognised Project Management qualification to foundation level
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Significant practical experience of providing programme and project management support on digital programmes
- Basic knowledge of the full project lifecycle (including pre-project phases) including multiple methodologies e.g. waterfall and agile
Desirable
- Experience providing programme and project support in an NHS environment
- Knowledge and practical experience of the management and successful delivery of full project lifecycle
Skills and Ability
Essential
- Basic knowledge of how to influence and negotiate with internal stakeholders, often requiring the ability to challenge existing practice in a constructive way
- Good verbal and written interpersonal and progressional communication skills
- Detailed knowledge of the maintenance, analysis and follow up of project control documents (e.g., RAID logs, minutes, action trackers, agenda logs etc)
- Basic knowledge of how to identify, source, assimilate and apply relevant (clinical, system, setting) specific and technical knowledge
- Basic knowledge of how to identify complex project risks and issues and develop mitigation strategies
- Detailed knowledge of arranging meetings, agendas, and minutes for projects, liaising with internal and external stakeholders regularly to log, report, monitor and chase any actions or issues raised during these meetings
- Detailed knowledge of programme and project documentation organisation, management, and configuration
- Good knowledge of Information Governance (IG) compliance and Digital Technology compliance and guidance.
- Excellent time management skills with ability to work unsupervised under pressure, take initiative and prioritise own workload.
Desirable
- Basic knowledge of how to analyse and interpret technical, complex, or contentious information and present to a variety of audiences where barriers to acceptance may exist
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent specialist knowledge and experience
- Knowledge in project management or QI
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, employment or voluntary work
Desirable
- Recognised Project Management qualification to foundation level
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Significant practical experience of providing programme and project management support on digital programmes
- Basic knowledge of the full project lifecycle (including pre-project phases) including multiple methodologies e.g. waterfall and agile
Desirable
- Experience providing programme and project support in an NHS environment
- Knowledge and practical experience of the management and successful delivery of full project lifecycle
Skills and Ability
Essential
- Basic knowledge of how to influence and negotiate with internal stakeholders, often requiring the ability to challenge existing practice in a constructive way
- Good verbal and written interpersonal and progressional communication skills
- Detailed knowledge of the maintenance, analysis and follow up of project control documents (e.g., RAID logs, minutes, action trackers, agenda logs etc)
- Basic knowledge of how to identify, source, assimilate and apply relevant (clinical, system, setting) specific and technical knowledge
- Basic knowledge of how to identify complex project risks and issues and develop mitigation strategies
- Detailed knowledge of arranging meetings, agendas, and minutes for projects, liaising with internal and external stakeholders regularly to log, report, monitor and chase any actions or issues raised during these meetings
- Detailed knowledge of programme and project documentation organisation, management, and configuration
- Good knowledge of Information Governance (IG) compliance and Digital Technology compliance and guidance.
- Excellent time management skills with ability to work unsupervised under pressure, take initiative and prioritise own workload.
Desirable
- Basic knowledge of how to analyse and interpret technical, complex, or contentious information and present to a variety of audiences where barriers to acceptance may exist
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
